08/19/2026
We said goodbye to our sweet boy Luigi yesterday. Losing both him and Sterling in just a few months apart is so heartbreaking. Luigi was a rambunctious one. Drove me crazy at times but I loved how fearless he was. A total reckless, Aries badass, just like his dad. People always say your partner holds a mirror up to you, but I think our pets do it too. They teach us, to help us find the best parts of ourselves. Luigi really guided me to find that version of me. He was basically my first cat dog because he had nine effing lives! Survived multiple surgeries, once ate a pack of Sudafed, and even tried gnawing off his own lumps to save us money. Bless him. He loved a challenge. We once needed to snake a hose under the house, so we tied it around him, dangled a treat on the other side, and he just sprinted right through the crawlspace. He was so good! Loved doing tricks. He hated bananas though. Before he passed, he and Verbena had this rare bittersweet moment. They locked eyes, and she gave him those slow, loving blinks... like she knew it was time and was blessing him on his way. Oh, my sweet boy. I miss you so much already. I just know he’s out there prancing around with Sterling and all our friends’ dogs who’ve left us these last few years. Run free, my baby boy.
